Reasonable Accom Proc Form Amended

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"Reassignment" means the assignment of an employee with a disability who is no longer able to perform the essential functions of his/her regular position to another vacant position assigned to the same pay grade as the employee's regular position, the duties and responsibilities of which the employee is able to perform with or without a reasonable accommodation. "Request for reasonable accommodation" means a statement by an individual or the individual's representative requesting a reasonable accommodation.6 "Substantially limits" 7 means that the individual is: unable to perform a major life activity that the average person in the general population can perform; or • restricted as to the condition, manner, or duration under which she or he can perform a particular major life activity as compared to the condition, manner, or duration under which the average person in the general population can perform the same major life activity. "Undue hardship" means, with respect to the provision of an accommodation, a significant difficulty or expense incurred by the County should it implement the request for accommodation. Consider the following factors when analyzing "undue hardship": • the nature and net cost of the accommodation; • the overall financial resources of the facility or facilities involved; the number of employees at the facility; the effect on expenses and resources; and the number, type, and location of the facilities; • the type of operations of the employer, including the composition, structure, and functions of the workforce, the geographic separateness, and administrative or fiscal relationship of the facility or facilities in question to the employer; and • the impact of the accommodation upon the operation of the facility, including the impact on the ability of other employees to perform their duties and the impact on the facility's ability to conduct business. RESPONSIBILITIES Department/Agencies 2